Topic: Maintaining The Right Influence Over Your Life [4th August 2018 Daily Devotional]
Scripture: Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. 1 Corinthians 15:33
Thought For The Day: The human (or people) environment of your life affects your atmosphere and attainment in life.
Maintaining the right influence over your life is one of the most important things to do in life. Your life could be influenced directly or indirectly by the kind of friends you keep. Those who speak into your life also influence your life positively or negatively. The influence around your life determines the impact of your life. You cannot have a level of impact on earth higher than the degree of influence around you. Your friendship determines your reach in life. That is why maintaining the right influence is one of the most important things to do in life.
Someone once said that if you can point out the seven closest persons to your life, you can see your future. If a drunkard, smoker or borrower is your closest friend, then you are face to face with an unpleasant future. Environment determines attainment. The human (or people) environment of your life affects your atmosphere and attainments. The atmosphere of your life determines the achievements of your life.
Beloved, if you are not yet married, be selective in your choice of marriage partner. If you want to get married and you discover that the character of your fiancé or fiancée is not compatible with yours, you need to reconsider your choice and ask God for direction. If what excites you depresses him/her or your passion is his/her pressure, I counsel you to quit that relationship even though you think you have heard God clearly.
My counsel is, select the influence around your life; select the things you listen to, the things you watch on television, the books you read, the people you call friends and the people who speak into your life. Connect with the kind of people who push out your potentials, bring out your best, assist you to fulfil your life’s assignments, and help your relationship with God.
Remember this: The human (or people) environment of your life affects your atmosphere and attainments in life.
Assignments:
1. Carefully select those who influence your life; select what you hear, watch or who speaks into your life.
2. Ask God to bring the right people your way.
3. Avoid the wrong company; company with people who can and are willing to assist in bringing out the best in you.
Prayer: O Lord, I ask that you surround me with the right influence. Deliver me from wrong influences so I can maximize destiny, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE.
Daily Bible Reading: 2 Chronicles 35:1 to 36:23, 1 Corinthians 1:1 to 17, Psalm 27:1 to 6, Proverbs 20:20 to 21
Amazing Fact: Koalas have finger prints like humans; they are the only animals except the primates (apes and humans) who have finger prints.
Today In History: 04/08/1934 – Mel Ott became the first major league baseball player to score six runs in a single game.
Quote: Who you associate with is a confirmation of who you are. Culled from 30 SECRETS TO THE TOP by Dr Paul Enenche.
Don’t Forget To Attend: The six over flooded Destiny Recovery Services tomorrow by 6 am, 7:20 am, 8:40 am, 10 am 11:20 am & 12:40 pm. Invite someone to church.
Today’s devotional was written by Pastor Paul Enenche of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC), headquartered at Abuja, Nigeria, with Pastor Paul and Becky Enenche, as the Senior Pastors. It is a power-packed arena where God’s Presence, Principles and Power are at work for the salvation, healing and restoration of human destinies and dignities
